As a result, 11 flights were diverted - some to as far away as East Midlands Airport - and some departures were cancelled. People on flights that were diverted or cancelled complained that they were left with little information from airport and airline staff about what was happened. [Full Article...]

Trump referenced violence "on many sides ". "Instead of maintaining law and order, the police purposefully created the catastrophe that led to a melee in the streets of Charlottesville and the death of a counter-protester", he said . [Full Article...]

Weimer went on, "And there were times that I just straight up sat him down and said , 'you know, you have students of different racial backgrounds here in this high school, are you going to judge them, are you gonna basically say they are one way or another?'"Weimer said he taught the courses Fields gravitated toward, including History of Modern Warfare. [Full Article...]

Nine candidates - including Luther Strange, appointed by Alabama's governor in the interim - are running in Tuesday's primary to fill the seat vacated by Sessions when he was named attorney general, and Moore leads them all. He tweeted Thursday, "Can you believe that Mitch McConnell , who has screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years, couldn't get it done". Strange, despite the president's endorsem... [Full Article...]

The 30-second spot, produced six months into Trump's term, targets Democrats and the news media, and touts what the campaign says are successes that the president has managed to achieve, including a low unemployment rates and record stock-market closes. [Full Article...]

The reason for the move, which was not publicly announced, was not clear, but it suggests Beijing was taking a tougher stance on trading with its northern neighbor even before the United Nations sanctions were announced. On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping had asked his USA counterpart, Donald Trump , to exercise restraint to prevent a further escalation of tensions in the Korean penins... [Full Article...]

Blood and urine samples were taken from one driver to test for drug use. Egypt Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said that a "human-error" may have caused the accident, without stating further details. The stationary train was at Khorshid Station when the crash occurred. They crashed a few kilometers from Sidi Gaber station, when the Port Said train stopped after a sudden failure, leading the Ca... [Full Article...]

He also wrote, directed and appeared on Broadway in 1981's IT HAD TO BE YOU and wrote the 1968 Broadway comedy LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS . Other film roles for Bologna included portraying the Sid Caesar-based character "King Kaiser" in the 1982 comedy hit My Favorite Year , starring Peter O'Toole as a drunken actor modeled after Errol Flynn, and as Lenny Koufax, the frustrated father of Son... [Full Article...]

The White House has leaned on China , North Korea's economic lifeline, to squeeze its neighbour by strictly enforcing the United Nations sanctions it voted for. On Friday, the day after Tillerson came home, Trump tweeted that the USA military was "fully in place, locked and loaded" for an attack on North Korea. [Full Article...]

Reports stated Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen of Midlothian and Trooper-Pilot Burke M.M. Bates of Quinton were killed in the crash. Our thoughts and prayers are with both State Troopers, who died trying to protect Charlottesville from hate, bigotry, and violence. [Full Article...]

Next to the Gear Fit 2 Pro, a wearable known as Gear Sport surfaced on FCC this week as well. Now the Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro name has arrived on the support page on the Samsung Company website. The word "Pro" does appear to suggest that Samsung will be marketed as the wearable with the best of smartwatch and fitness tracker rolled into one single device. [Full Article...]

In a guidance note titled "Preparing for an Imminent Missile Threat", Guam Homeland Security advised seeking out in advance windowless shelters in homes, schools and offices, with concrete "dense enough to absorb radiation". The multiday trip has been long scheduled and is not related to recent developments in North Korea, although that will be part of the talks. The North's official Korea... [Full Article...]

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on 14 August took stock of flood affected areas in the state and assured that the relief and food camps were being conducted in the area for those in need. NEW DELHI BJP President Amit Shah said on Saturday that he has invited Janata Dal-United, the party's new alliance partner in Bihar, to rejoin the National Democratic Alliance. [Full Article...]

Gasbuddy found that on August 13, 2016, the cost for a gallon of gas in Rhode Island was 21 cents more than it is now. Prices at the pump are holding steady, declining only fractions of a penny over the weekend. "This should prevent any major gains in gas prices, unless oil prices rise in response to unexpected disruptions in supply due to global conflict, refinery issues, or a hurricane". [Full Article...]

Leicester City lost 2-1 at Hull City on the first day last season, but given the unexpected nature of their title win, this was the biggest opening-day shock since Aston Villas 3-1 win over Manchester United in 1995. The Clarets only won one away game all last season, and Dyche knows how hard it is to perform on the road, let alone score three goals before half time " particularly when you a... [Full Article...]

As they approached, residents Omari Dahan, 23, and his 29-year-old brother confronted the pair, police said. The assailants drove off in a gray Volkswagen Passat with Taxi and Limousine Commission plates, and were on the loose early Monday, cops said. [Full Article...]

Jose Mourinho says he never thought Manchester United would be able to sign Nemanja Matic before "something special happened" for a £40m move from Chelsea . "So when I got the call that Matic wants to play for me and wants to play for Manchester United - and that we could make it happen - I thought he's the ideal player for me". [Full Article...]